Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-29
HIST0asYOF THE WEEK.

AlSIGaASYsOF IE1E w lIEh.
5 Ihe Fidelity National Ban of Gin
cinnatti, Ohio, some Of whose officers were
the hackers OF the clique which manipulate
ed the disastrous Chicago wheat deal, was
taken possession CT on the 21st, by the gov
eminent and receiver appointed to wind
up its affairs, its capital having become i'm
The liabilities OF the Fidelity are stated at
S., 5O0, 900, exclusive of capital. Controller
Trenholm says some days must elapse be-
fore the exact condition Of the bank 8 affairs
can be known. The individual deposits
with the bank are 50, SOC, 900 and it is said
depositors will not suffer. Confidence is ex-
pressed that no other bank at Cincinnati is
involved and that no money panic will oc-
cur there or elsewhere. =
e AS soon as the; Government took posses
ion Of the Fidelity bank at Cincinnati it was
found that it's condition was worse than
had been supposed and the arrests of Vice
President Harper, the manager of the bank,
and Cashier Baldwin and Assistant Cashier
Hopkins were at once ordered, and these
men are now in jeopardy of five or ten
years in the penitentiary. AS far as known
600 for the Chicago wheat deal, and it is
thought he was the principal instead Of
Wiltshire, the latter being in fact an agent.
The liabilities of the bank are put at 900, :
600, and will exceed all it's resources two or
three million of dollars. 1T is believed that
all the directors will DO arrested, 1t is now
thought depositors will get next to nothing.
Harper furnished SIS, 0QO,bail, and the other
two 10000 each.
A Cincinnati. Ohio, dispatch of the
23rd, says: 'The street excitement about
the Fidelity Bank, which has never been
great, has entirely subsidized this morning
The bank examiner, Gen. Powell, is still in
charge. Mr.. De Camp, who has been named
as receiver, will probably decline, as an ac-
ceptance would compel him to give up his
present connection with the Metropolitan
National Bank. Interest is turning to the
question of what assets can be made avail
able for the debts of the bank. II the presi-
dent and directors can be assessed to the
extent of their resources, it will produce
about 81, $780, OJ at a rough estimate. There
have been no further arrests this morning
and no new developments. It will neces-
sarily require much time and labor to make
q thorough examination. Harper and
Hopkins being unable to find bondsmen were
taken to Jail about II o'clock.
Cincinnati telegram, June A-The affairs
of the Fidelity National bank have been
conducted with quietness to-day. Mr..
Trenholm has not get made the appoint
ment of receiver. Harper and Hopkins
spent the night in jail. Neither have OBJ
tanned bail: Louis Kennedy & Co., COM
to James Pethbone. The liabilities are said
to be $3.50, 600, with assets of $40 900. Mr.:
Kennedy was reported to be in the Chicago
wheat deal, and was heavy endorser of
the Fidelity bank paper.
At North Industry, Ohio. on the Oath
Conrad Doll, a coal miner, aged forty-five
years, killed his wife and stepson with a
Ratchet. The murder was horrible one.
Doll escaped, but he may be lynched if
caught. Doll is intemperate and has had
frequent quarrels with his wife. to whom
he was married six months ago. Doll found
letter written by another man to his wife,
in which statements compromising the wo-
man were made made. This led to the MUIR
der.
A daring train robbery occurred
near Schulenburg Texas, on the Southern
Pacific R. R., at a: M, on the 18th. The
robbers, dozen in number, obliged the
engineer to stop the train on the open
prairie, where they had q fire. The
icy had, the through mail II pouches S o ana
express safe rifed. It is estimated the
robbers got $500 in money besides
diamonds, watches &C., from passengers.
:: At twp a:elask II v5p;ast.ntorning 40
Masked mon rode into kbniusko, Missis-
's!ppi. proceeded TO the. JILL, ovarp8Tered
the faaror, and took ::jamss NJ. Webb; -
white ffan; to a. cOnfehent. place. and
hanged him. On Sunday last Webb poisope33
his wife for which he was arrested and
brought to the Jail. The evidence was so
ctrOno aoainet hin, fhot fho ind ~
the community was aroused up to the
lynching point. -.
The steam barge Walters, 1877 ton
vessel owned at Sandusky, Ohio, was sunk
Monday evening in a storm off Black River
and eight persons drowned, including the
wife of the Captain and two of his children.
The captain and two of his sons and the
mate we're the only persons saved. When
the storm struck the barge the wind spun
it round and round, the hold filed with
water and it sunk in half minute.
The lawless condition that has ex-
listed for two years in Rowan County,
Kentucky, during which time 81 persons
have been killed by encounters or assassina-
ton, was brought to probable end on the
in the attempt to arrest Craig To!liver
killed that desperate and four of his
associates and captured I'LL but one of the
band.
Robbers boarded a Grand Trunk
train near Sarnia, Canada, at one O'Clock
Wednesday morning and went through two
sleepers, robbing the passengers. Some
gave up their valuables and others resisted,
and finally two of the thieves were over.
powered and captured but third, who had
most of the plumber, escaped. The railway
company will make good the losses Of their
passengers "
: At Auburn, Ala, the agricultural
and mechanical college was burned the
oath. The value Of the apparatus, cabinets
and contents destroyed was over 500, 600
The building, with its improvements, was
also valued at over $4,000 All is a tota
loss except little chemical apparatus and
the contents Of the treasurer's and presi
dents office. Insurance, $3O, 900. II
CD. Kershaw, on the Goth, filed q
bill in the Superior Court at Chicago
against his partners, Messrs. DeWar and
Eggleston. The bill asks to have the part
nership dissolved, an accounting. orde1
granted and a receiver appointed. The
Court appointed Porteus I. 3. Weare, re
al H.